Toronto FC = AWESOME!

I watched the Toronto FC match against the Seattle Sounders today. Was awesome. Toronto won 2-0. Both goals were beauties. My throat was sore from screaming. My head hurts. Awesome.

I have a lot of laundry to do, but Dad's washing his stuff so I'll have to do mine later. My laundry's at the top of my hamper already, but that's because I never washed my dark shirts. Must do that, and wash my new black top with them.

Happy Friday!

Fridays are awesome whether you have plans or not. I don't think I have any plans for the weekend, except that Mom said we should go visit Grandma.

My appointment wasn't as stressful as I'd predicted. When Dr. G came in to talk about my options for an implant, he thought that me wearing the flipper for now would be fine. When my dad mentioned a dental bridge, Dr. G actually winced and said he'd hate to grind down the adjacent teeth for a bridge because they were well-shaped, and a bridge requires maintenance after ten or fifteen years. And I said I didn't want the surgery where they take a piece of bone from the chin and put it in my mouth, because I'm really sick of dental procedures :p So I'm going to keep wearing the flipper for the time being.

And then after Dad's appointment at the family dentist's, we went to the library to pick up me and Mom's stuff and pay our fines. Then Mom and Dad went to Costco, and I started Howl's Moving Castle over again, because I took a break from reading it and lost track of the story.

And today I ate a croissant (Mom and Dad bought a pack of them at Costco) and put towels in the washing machine. I'll try to get some GED work done today.

On Glee and teeth

So tomorrow I have my appointment at the periodontist's. I have to decide if I want to have a bridge put in, or if I want to keep wearing the flipper. Right now I'm leaning towards the flipper.

Glee was pretty awesome last night. It was Madonna-themed, and even though I'm not a huge Madonna fan, I really liked it. I like some Madonna songs - 'Like a Virgin', 'Music', and 'Like a Prayer' - but I wouldn't buy her albums. I really liked what they did with 'Like a Virgin' - it was very tasteful, and the voices of all the characters (Rachel, Jesse, Finn, Santana, Will and Emma) all blended so well in the sequence.

Mom's cooking, and the smoke detector keeps going off. lol. Well, at least we know it works!

Weirdness continues

I can hear an ice cream truck somewhere in the neighborhood. I sat and listened by the window, just to make sure it wasn't somebody's TV (there's a commercial for some bank that has an ice cream truck in it), but when I heard it continue I yelled, "OH, HELL NO!"

I think it's gone away now.

So I had trouble sleeping last night because I had all this anxiety over mostly stupid stuff. And then this morning I just got so pissed off at everyone - well, not everyone, but my extended family, because I feel like everybody's whispering about how I don't have a job, a driver's license or a career plan. Honestly, is it so bad that I don't have my beginner's license yet? Loads of people survive without one! I just hate how people think that as soon as you're old enough, you have to go out and get your license! And I don't need to hear that my bratty, spoiled cousin has a job at the mall. I really don't! That, and I'm not very impressed with Uncle Brent right now - I won't say much, because relatives I actually like (read: not Brent, Patti, or my grandfather) deserve their privacy, but let's just say Brent needs to get his priorities straight and show some consideration for his kids instead of focusing on his upcoming second marriage.

After my 'I hate my relatives' ranting, I started to feel very "Screw the world! I'm not gonna open the door, I'm gonna friggin' kick it down!" A lot of Green Day songs were played.

I finished watching Mad Men. One more DVD to watch, and then I'm off to the library. and Pirate Radio is in, which is great. Off to watch Castle on the PVR now. Sayonara!

Feeling weird

I feel a little weird. I blame stress.

Aside from that, things are good. I watched the first disc of Mad Men yesterday. It's pretty interesting. I'll probably watch more tomorrow, or I'll watch Whisper of the Heart.

I watched Ponyo Friday night. It was brilliant! The animation was beautiful (especially the underwater scenes), the story was so cute, and Liam Neeson voicing Ponyo's father... I just about melted ;) I can't wait to watch Whisper of the Heart!

I've been working on my Irish Hiking Scarf and my Ravenclaw scarf lately. The Ravenclaw scarf is really wide, but that means it'll be really warm. The Irish Hiking Scarf is coming along great - I'm gonna try to finish it this month, but lately I haven't felt like working on it. I'll probably get it out tomorrow and work on it.

I'm bored.

Yes, a very original title :p

I actually haven't posted in two days. 'Tis odd.

So last night Toronto FC had their home opener match, but I didn't get to see it because it was on Gol, a channel we aren't subscribed to :( And I won't get to watch a Toronto FC match until next Sunday, because their match this Sunday is on Gol. So I'm kind of annoyed.

I watched the SNL special last night. It was pretty awesome.

Hmm, what else... I have a strange itch to go on Jeopardy!, so I looked online to see if they had online auditions. It turns out they have them once a year, and I missed the deadline :( Oh well, there's always next year.

I also have a new goal - or, rather, a goal for a goal. One of my New Years' Resolutions was to get my beginner's driver's license, and yesterday I decided that I want to work towards getting it before Thanksgiving Day in October (Canada's Thanksgiving Day is earlier than the US Thanksgiving Day). That way, when I get my beginner's I can get some practice driving in the snow. So I'm going to read my driver's manual every afternoon upstairs and watch The Facts of Life on DejaView on the little TV :p That show is my new addiction, because I've seen almost all of One Day At A Time, which they seem to have cycled out. And maybe tomorrow I'll watch Nikkei TV on Omni BC and read my manual.

♪Hello, it's me...♪

I've had this song stuck in my head since last night - I was watching Glee, and the theme for the songs was the word 'hello', and this song popped into my head...






I used to think it was a Neil Young song, because the first line sounds a lot like Neil Young :p

I did a bit of writing today. I might do more tomorrow. I did no GED work, though :p

And I went to the library to take back The Manga Guide to Physics and pick up Ponyo and Patti Smith's Horses album. I thought I was gonna be fined for The Manga Guide to Physics, but I wasn't! :)

Blah, punctuation.

Normally I don't mind punctuation all that much, but today I totally screwed up a practice test on it. I think I rushed through it, because when I was checking my answers I was going, 'oh yeah, I should've gotten that!'. I got most of the exercises right, though.

Also, when typing a song name, it's proper to put it in quotations. But I like apostrophes better for song names ;p

I think I'm going to paint my nails bright orange soon. One of my nail polish sets that I got in my Christmas stocking has a bottle of bright orange. It'll be a nice change from hot pink or blue.

I've got an idea for NaNoWriMo '10 already. Crazy, yes, but at least I'll be prepared. I was going to work on last year's NaNoWriMo novel today, but I forgot. I think I'll write some character outlines for my '10 novel later.

Bored on a Sunday afternoon

I'm bored. I was going to start watching Mad Men, but Dad's on his computer, and he wanted to watch the series. Oh well.

Hmm. I don't have much to post about. Uh, I read a bit of Stewart Copeland's autobiography last night, but I didn't read much of it because my head and teeth were aching from the weather.

And we went to Michaels, but I didn't get any yarn. I did get a couple of pendant beads, though. They're both glass beads. One of them is blue and rectangular with what looks like yellow flowers (so it looks like a vase), and the other one is a set of two, actually - a black one with a white flower thing and a streak of brown (it looks like a Japanese painting), and the other is a silvery grey. I should probably take photos of them, because I'm not describing them well :p

We went into Indigo, too, but we only got the Spring/Summer issue of Knit Simple. Then we went to visit Grandma. She had her TV on the Food Network, and there was a program on called The Supersizers Go..., where Giles Coren (a food critic from the UK who often appears of Gordon Ramsay's program The F Word) and Sue Perkins try out diets from different time periods, and then undergo medical tests to see what kind of impact the diets have on them. The episode we saw was about the Restoration period in the 17th century, and they were cooking things like eel pie and lobster. It reminded me of when Jonathan Ross was on The F Word and they were cooking eel, and Jonathan was freaking out :p It was pretty entertaining.

It actually snowed on Friday. It was odd. It wasn't a lot of snow - just a few flakes. But it was still pretty unusual. It's lovely and warm today, though. I actually changed into shorts because I was too warm in my jeans.

edited for spelling and clarity

I am DONE with Usage!

I've finished all of the exercises and mini-tests in the Usage chapter in the English section of my GED book! All I need to do is go over noun cases again, because I only got six out of ten right on the practice tests, and read through the glossary at the end of the chapter. Then it's on to 'Mechanics'!

Also, I can kinda play this song on my keyboard...






I know it's not as elaborate as 'Bohemian Rhapsody', but I'm still pretty proud of myself :) It took me a little while to figure out which chords I needed to play, because the first time I tried playing it, I was playing the wrong chords! I still need to play it along with the CD to make sure I've got it right.

I watched a bit of It Might Get Loud while I was doing my GED work. I love that movie.

Oh yeah, I also picked up season one of Mad Men, a Hayao Miyazaki film called Whisper of the Heart, and an Elvis Costello compilation from the library. And on our way back from the library, Dad cranked up the radio 'cause they were playing AC/DC, and then he cranked it even louder - so loud that the back of my seat was vibrating! It was really funny.

edited to fix grammar

Rain, Little Women, and the bones of the wrist and hand

Yesterday morning, I was watching Little Women and working in my anatomy colouring book (hence 'the bones of the wrist and hand'), and the satellite signal cut out because of the driving rain. I was slightly annoyed - I missed one of my favourite parts of the movie, where Jo and Friedrich go to the opera and kiss for the first time. But the rain was oddly calming. When it started thundering, Mouse ran downstairs - she doesn't like thunder much. I had to wipe one of the windowsills upstairs, because Mom had opened a window.

I got to watch most of Little Women, though. I love that movie. I tried reading the book, but I couldn't focus on it at the time.

I also wrote in my journal yesterday. I've been trying to write in it more often, but I forget because I have a blog.

I got some GED work done yesterday, but for the most part it was an epic fail. I hate nominative, objective and possessive cases...

Vampire Diaries is on tonight. Yay! :)

A little less weepy

I've stopped bawling over the Doctor Who problem, but I'm still a tad concerned about whether or not we'll be able to watch it.

So today I took out my Irish Hiking Scarf and worked on it while watching X2: X-Men United. The movie was great, and I got two repeats done. I forgot to do GED work, though :p

And this afternoon I sat in my room and read Stewart Copeland's autobiography and listened to the White Stripes' Get Behind Me Satan. It's a great album - when I eventually sign up on Amazon, I'm adding it to my wishlist.

That's all, folks.

In which Merenwen cries

The reason for my tears is a combination of: 1) my hormones, because of my period, and 2) the fact that Space is now carrying Doctor Who, and we don't subscribe to Space. So now I have to ask if we can get Space, because I really don't want to have to watch Doctor Who on their website, because my speakers are quiet and the video quality isn't the best when put in full-screen. I tried watching the Christmas special, but I can barely hear it.

I'm sure Dad would try to find a way to subscribe to Space, since he asked if I wanted GolTV for the soccer matches, but I hate asking him about subscribing to a specific channel because I feel like I'm being greedy.

I HATE HORMONES.

Easter

Easter was reasonably good. Allow me to recap...

Good Friday

I posted on Good Friday, so there isn't much to say. We had Swiss Chalet for dinner because none of us felt like cooking.

Saturday

I cleaned the bathroom a bit. It was the first time I'd ever scrubbed a toilet, and I think I did an okay job. I could've done better, but eh. Afterwards, Mom called me back to scrub behind the toilet seat and the front edge of the tub. Boo.

Katie called in the evening to say that they had severe wind warnings where she is, so she said she'd come up in the morning instead.

Sunday

We chilled for most of the morning, because Mom made her desserts ahead of time. Katie came... I can't remember when she came, but it was in the morning, lol. We watched Bill Mahr's film Religulous, which was neat. Kind of funny, how the channel decided to play it for Easter Sunday.

And then all hell broke loose: I was on my period. I panicked, because I wanted to be able to wear my skinny-ish jeans and still be comfortable. In the end, I wore them and my green and brown flowery top that Grandma and Grandpa gave me for my birthday a few years ago, and my Avon egg necklace that G&G gave me a few years ago. I threw on my brown safari jacket, took my pads and a book, and off we went.

The weather was great: balmy, with a bit of wind. When we got to Uncle Brent's, Heather's daughters, Jenasee and Tegan, were waiting at the window for Katie. It was so cute.

Sometime before dinner, Grandpa asked me if I was a chocoholic, so I said something like, "Yeah, I think I am." He told me, "I brought some Easter candy, it's over there, so go help yourself." But it was all the cheap stuff - plain chocolate eggs, bunny-shaped chocolates, and those gross sugar eggs. For YEARS, Grandma and Grandpa gave us grandkids those sugar eggs. I'd eat some of them to be polite, but Nathan hated them. Nathan couldn't come to Easter dinner because he was sick (and legitimately sick, from what Mom said). I should tell him about the sugar eggs...

Dinner was good. Patti didn't speak to us or even take out desserts. Kevin came, though, but that's 'cause Kevin's a nice guy. She probably ate off his plate. And Becca was being a little madam, especially to Katie. She had her earbuds in her ears for most of the day, and wore these shorts that were rolled up so much (they were the kind with the button-tab for rolling up the cuffs), they qualified as Daisy Dukes. Seriously, Becca? Daisy Dukes on Easter Sunday? Short-shorts are for summer, not family gatherings with young, impressionable children around!

Dessert was a kind of lemon cream pie, pineapple and coconut squares, and blueberry rhubarb crisp. I think Uncle Brent has the leftover pie. I heard Grandpa say very loudly that he 'should take some leftover dessert with him'. The seating arrangements were hilarious - Brent sat me, Katie, Mom and Dad in the kitchen, and Patti, Kevin, Jesse and Becca had to sit in the living room. I don't think Patti was impressed :)

And guess what I found in my duck wing? A BEEBEE! Just like the goose at Thanksgiving dinner!

Calm evening

This afternoon it was quite warm, but now it's quite overcast, and a little windy. It's been like this for an hour or two, I think. It's quite calming.

So today I've been haunting The AntiCraft. It's a brilliant site with recipes, knitting and crochet patterns, sewing patterns and the like, with Pagan and Gothic themes. There's a pair of socks from the one issue that I really want to make, but I've never knit socks before so I should probably start with a basic cuff-down. But the socks are so pretty...

Anyway, I've been reading a bit about Paganism on Wikipedia. Seems interesting. I had a book on Neo-Paganism out of the library, but I only really thumbed through it. I should get it out again.

Speaking of the library, I took back Fruits Basket 9 and two of my DVDs, so now I'll only be charged fines for the other two DVDs. So that makes me happy. I picked up Sting's newest CD, If On a Winter's Night... The library has it filed under 'Christmas', but there's a Halloween song called 'Soul Cake' on it, which I saw him perform on The View last year. I can't wait to listen to it.

I can see new leaves on the gooseberry bush, which makes me happy. This weather, though warm for April, has been great. Tomorrow's supposed to be 18 degrees Celsius, so I'll probably wear my light jeans.

Yay!

I was able to renew that Stewart Copeland autobiography! I just decided, on a whim, to see if it would let me renew the book, and it did! So it's not due until the 23rd. I think that's enough time to read it - it's not very thick, and it's roughly the diameter of a paperback, but it's a hardcover. Plus, there are some pictures in it, which takes up a few pages. I'll have to start it right away so that I can finish it quickly :)

I think I've decided what to wear on Easter Sunday. Or maybe I haven't. If the weather's too warm for jeans, I'll have to dig out a skirt. Or shorts. It's supposed to be reasonably warm on Sunday, so I don't want to wear something that's too warm.

It's really warm today - so warm I may change into shorts (!!!). The dogs just love this weather, because they can stay outside longer. That, and Smiles loves sleeping on the back porch in the mornings, before it gets too hot; and Goldie just sleeps in a patch of sun on the stairs near the side door. The new side door we got installed last summer throws more light than the old door, and Goldie just loves it.

Hmm... should I tempt fate and put on some shorts? ;)

So we've been cleaning like crazy today, because my sister's coming up tomorrow night. I swept up cat litter and took out the bathroom garbage and all that lovely stuff. Dad tackled the living room, and Mom's attacking the kitchen.

I saw a Small White butterfly a little while ago. Lovely.